BELLEVILLE, NJ – Though his team lost to West Orange in the season opener by a score of 9-4, April 4, Belleville High School head baseball coach Joe Sorce was pleased with the Bucs’ effort. “We did some good things,” wrote Sorce in an email to EssexNewsDaily.com. “We had good at-bats against (West Orange pitcher) […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School track and field team broke two school records to begin the season at the Season Opener Invitational held at River Dell High School on Saturday, March 31. In the 4×200 relay, Chad Manning, Brandon Sagrista, Omarie Wilmore, and Anthony Bodero ran a new school record of 1:35.7 In […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – After winning the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship last season, the Belleville High School varsity softball team has moved up to the LIberty Division of the SEC. The Bucs, under longtime head coach Chris Cantarella, hope to continue their success this season. Belleville opens the season April 2 at Caldwell. The three […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Despite brutal weather conditions during the month of March, the Belleville High School varsity baseball team was able to get in as much training as possible during the preseason. Though they are dealing with a few injuries, the Bucs are looking forward to having a successful season this spring. “We were very […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Two swimmers were crowned state champions, two others qualified for the upcoming national championships, and two team relay records were smashed, as the YMCA of Montclair Dolphins swim team reached new heights at recent state championships meets. At the New Jersey YMCA State Championships for swimmers ages 12 and under in Toms […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Jermain Johnson recently has been named the new head varsity football coach at Belleville High School. Johnson is a 1991 Bloomfield High School graduate. He spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach for the Wayne Hills HS football team, which won the 2016 NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School girls’ varsity basketball team finished a successful 12-10 season. The 13th-seeded Bucs lost at fourth-seeded Morris Knolls, 58-26, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Feb. 27 to end the season. Junior guard Jehan Segovia-Dabon scored six points; sophomore […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – David Guerra and Michael Mejia each finished in second place in their respective weight classes to lead the Belleville High School varsity wrestling team at the NJSIAA District 11 tournament on Feb. 17 at Morristown HS. In the 138-pound final, David Guerra lost to Michael Rubin of Hanover Park by a 6-2 […]
The Belleville High School indoor track and field teams gave good efforts at the NJSIAA State Sectionals on Feb. 3 at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Feb. 3. The following are their results: GIRLS 55-METER DASH7.70 Sara Manning 7th Preliminaries 7.71 Sara Manning 7th Finals 8.07 […]
Newark University received the No. 1 seed in the Essex County Tournament for high school girls’ varsity basketball. Newark Tech, the defending champion, is seeded second, followed by West Orange, East Orange Campus, Montclair Immaculate Conception, Newark Arts, Bloomfield Tech, and Nutley rounding out the top eight seeds in the 29-team tournament. The quarterfinals are […]